Food assistance for poor declines
This has been a bad crop year so far with back-to-back floods inflicting losses on the agrarian economy and seriously affecting livelihood in half the country.
7y ago
China-Funded Projects: Dhaka seeks to speed up deals
More than a year after the Chinese president's historic Dhaka visit, some of Bangladesh's key development projects have finally gained momentum.
7y ago
Aman output likely to fall
Bangladesh is bracing itself for another less productive rice season as the United States Department of Agriculture predicts decline in acreage and yield of Aman. Aman is the most important rice season in the country after Boro.
7y ago
Some veggies not that safe
Consumers in Bangladesh are still unsure if the vegetables in their daily dishes are safe even though four years have gone by since the Food Safety Act was enacted.
7y ago
'Super rice' in sight
Scientists have long been considering the idea of engineering rice plant in a way that the global production of the cereal gets a dramatic boost. The idea came from the concern that the traditional research, which results in just one percent rise in the yearly yield, would not be enough to meet the ever-growing demand.
7y ago
Rich become richer, poor get poorer
The poor's share in the national income eroded further in the past six years, with the richer segment of the population having bigger stakes.
7y ago
Poverty reduction rate slows down
Bangladesh's rate of poverty reduction has slowed down in recent years.
7y ago
Rising from dire straits
Bangladesh has not had a food year so bad since 2008. That was a year now well marked in history books as the year of global economic meltdown, the worst since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
7y ago
August 26, 2016
Debit card for farmers
Farmers, in near future, may no longer need to queue up at banks for farm credits nor need to go to the banks or kiosks to withdraw cash. All they would need to do is use their preloaded debit cards to buy agro-inputs.
August 17, 2016
Flood affects 37 lakh in 19 districts
An estimated 37 lakh people have been affected in floods in as many as 19 districts in the country and at least 10 lakh of them are now in need of immediate assistance.
August 11, 2016
Sharp rise in number of asylum seekers
The number of Bangladeshis seeking asylum in Europe rose from 10,000 in 2014 to 18,000 last year. It was only 7,000 in 2013.
July 15, 2016
Aromatic cheers
Scientists at a public university have developed the country's first aromatic hybrid rice variety which is twice as productive as its low-yield indigenous counterparts.
July 1, 2016
Halt campaign against vitamin A-enriched rice
Over a hundred Nobel laureates in a joint letter urged all concerned to refrain from campaigning against the Golden Rice -- the first Vitamin A-enriched rice in the world.
June 29, 2016
More poor women giving birth in health facilities
Bangladesh has substantially bridged the rich-poor gap in terms of women giving birth in health facilities.
June 22, 2016
Know your medicine
Renata has introduced a new method to verify the authenticity of two of their over-the-counter drugs.
June 17, 2016
Little progress in nutrition status
Bangladesh has made good progress in two of the eight nutrition indicators -- stunting and child overweight -- but is slipping back in exclusive breast feeding while doing badly in the rest five indicators, according to this year's Global Nutrition Report (GNR).
June 15, 2016
Nanosat to be in orbit mid 2017
Courtesy of Brac University, Bangladesh's first footprint in space could happen with a small satellite launched into low earth orbit some time in the middle of next year.
June 9, 2016
The water saver
It takes 14 million litres of irrigation water to produce six tonnes of Boro rice on one hectare of typical farmland in Bangladesh.
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